I played around with both models this morning.(Had to woo a Windows Phone team member because we technically weren't allowed to touch.) The 920 is definitely a big improvement over the 900.Screen resolution/brightness are finally on par with Galaxy S III and iPhone.I noticed that right away.And the hardware features are impressive (camera, mittens-friendly touchscreen, wireless charging).The problem is Windows Phone 8. Cool hardware tweaks mean nothing if Windows Phone 8 still stinks.I saw nothing in Belfiore's WP8 demo that blew me away.But I spoke to Frank Shaw before the event.He said more stuff coming for WP8.Kind of odd they're announcing this stuff in stages.

Steve - But as Charlie suggests above, doesn't that just reek of Microsoft *still* not being ready for prime time with Windows Phone?It's not like they're trying to compete with some stale, complacent old guard, they're competing with companies that are innovating just as fast (if not faster) than they are.

All of this is inexcusable.Microsoft was already a couple years later to the dance.Now they're *still* just sitting outside in their car in the parking lot refusing to go in.

MG – Agreed.I'm sick of seeing demos of unfinished stuff.Not trying to make excuses for WP8.Not at all.I think the more interesting theme here is that Nokia is forced to make hardware innovations (which it does well!) and hope and pray Microsoft doesn't screw up the OS...again.

Spent some time with the phones today and they are very nice.When I tried to unlock it and play with the OS the 920 was unceremoniously ripped from my hands.These things are not ready for prime time and day time programming is a shrinking audience.

5. Live Tiles.Saving you 0.1 seconds because you dont have to open an app might not seem like a lot, but these things tend to add up fast.So Live Tiles = Realtime Information on my homescreen saves me time +1